28th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology, Ground testing and Flight Testing Conference including the Aerospace T&E Days ForumThe following are general areas where papers are sought: 1) measurement and testing technology research and development; 2) advances in ground test capability; 3) operations and policy; and 4) ground test facilities infrastructure sustainment. Papers that address the interface between measurement and testing, such as the transfer of advanced diagnostics from research laboratories to test facilities and the lessons learned, are encouraged. A more detailed description of these four general areas of interest is as follows:

Measurement and Testing Technology Research and Development:

Advances in non-intrusive methods of flow property and chemistry measurements

Presentation of work in progress and/or completed work directed to new techniques

Transition from laboratory to test facility

Advances in Ground Test Capability:

Development of new and/or improved facilities and associated systems

Advances in measurement techniques and calibration methodology

Improvements in flow quality

Projecting of requirements

Innovations in experiment design and post-test analysis

Development of automation sciences applications

Integration of modeling and simulation

Improvements in ground test support and integration

Developments in test facility and data networking

Operations and Policy:

Personnel and their skills

Organization, economic considerations, metrics

Transition process to new measurement techniques

Working relationships and alliances, industry/government/academia interface

Test process improvement, standardization

Safety and environmental compliance issues

Communications and data transfer, information security

Agency policies

Ground Test Facilities Infrastructure Sustainment:

Integrated operations and maintenance

Consolidation of existing ground test facilities

Best practices in maintenance and capability sustainment

Prioritization and work selection process with limited budgets

Strategic investment planning

In keeping with the multidisciplinary nature of this call for papers, there will be several sessions held in conjunction with the other collocated conferences(e.g., Fluid Dynamics, Flow Control, and Plasmadynamics and Lasers). For these sessions, papers are sought in any areas where the conferences have overlapping interests, but the following areas are ofparticular interest:

Fluid Dynamics:

The use of large data sets from modern measurement techniques to provide greater insight into the dynamics of fluid motion

Survey papers describing aspects of experimental techniques important to the CFD community

The use of instrumentation, alone or coupled with flow-field estimation models, for developing feedback flow control methodologies

The development of novel sensors to meet the sensing requirements of the estimation models for specific flow control applications

The novel use of sensors in flow control systems

Plasmadynamics and Lasers:

The development or application of instrumentation in support of studies of plasma methods for enhancement of ignition and flame holding in high speedflow

The development of electric discharge gas dynamic lasers

Thermophysics and Heat Transfer:

The use of non-intrusive and advanced measurement techniques for studying heat transfer to and response of heat shields, materials, and structures in ground test and flight

Flight Testing Topics

The following list of topics is intended to provide ideas for papers and is not meant to limit papers to specifically mentioned topics. Papers should identify experience gained, opportunities, and future requirements for the test and evaluation community. Papers should present technical lessons learned from recent test programs and recommend new methods, strategies, and capabilities for the test and evaluation community. Public Release Authority for papers should be pursued early.

Improved Test Methods:

Application of statistical quality control and modern design of experiments in test and evaluation